BIRDS OF ETHIOPIA AND KENYA COLONY 



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on the middle back, and a still paler grayish crown and forehead; 

 the upper tail coverts and the underparts generally are pale avel- 

 laneous, slightly darker on the breast and throat. 



The present specimens of kapitensis are all adults and are all in 

 fresh plumage. Their dimensions are given in table 75. 



Jackson found this bird breeding in May at Elgeyo; the typical 

 race has been recorded as nesting in December and in August. 

 P. a. dorsalis has been known to nest in June in the Ikoma district, 

 Tanganyika Territor3^ 



Table 75. — Measurements of eight specimens of Pseudonigrita arnaudi kapitensis 



from Kenya Colony 



Locality 



Sex 



East of Ithanga Hills— 



Do 



Do 



Athi River, Juja Farm. 

 East of Ithanga Hills— 



Do 



Athi River, Juja Farm. 

 Athi Station 



Male... 

 do. 



do- 



do.. 



Female. 



do.. 



do.. 



do- 



PSEUDONIGRITA CABANISI (Fischer and Keichenow) 



Nigrita cabanisi Fischer and REacHENOw, Journ. fiir Orn., 1884, p. 54: Pare 



Mountains, near Kilimanjaro. 

 Specimens collected: 



2 adult males, 2 immature unsexed, Saru, Ethiopia, June 19, 1912. 



1 immature male, 1 immature female, Wobok, Ethiopia, June 19, 1912. 



2 adult males, 1 immature male, Malele, Kenya Colony, July 27, 1912. 



3 adult males, 1 adult female, 1 adult unsexed, 3 immature females, 18 miles 

 south of Malele, Kenya Colony, July 27-28, 1912. 



1 adult male, 3 adult females, 1 immature female, river 24 miles south of 

 Malele, Kenya Colony, July 29, 1912. 



2 adult males, 3 immature females, Marsabit road, 25 miles north of Northern 



Guaso Nyiro River, Kenya Colony, July 30, 1912. 

 1 immature female, Northern Guaso Nyiro River, Kenya Colony, August 1, 



1912. 

 7 adult males, 4 adult females, Lekiundu River, Kenya Colony, August 8, 



1912. 



Soft parts : Bill gi-ayish white, feet flesh-color, claws brown. 



Besides the above series, I have examined a number of other speci- 

 mens, including the type of enchorus Oberholser,^^ and have come to 

 the conclusion that there are no valid racial forms. Van Someren ^* 

 casts doubt on the validity of enchorus. He finds that "birds in fresh, 



53 Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 27, p. 683, 1904 : Dabulli, western Somaliland. 

 "Nov. Zool., vol. 29, p. 145, 1922. 



